Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Middle income
Middle income: Merchandise imports from high-income economies was 60.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Middle income, 1960–2023
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total merchandise imports.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 60.5% for merchandise imports from high-income economies in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise imports from high-income economies in Middle income peaked at 89.2% in 1961 and was at its lowest, 60.5%, in 2023.
That places Middle income 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of total merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 88.3% | — |
| 1961 | 89.2% | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 88.4% | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 87.9% | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 86.0% | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 85.2% | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 86.3% | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 87.2% | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 86.8% | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 86.2% | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 86.4% | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 86.9% | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 86.6% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 86.0% | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 84.5% | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 85.9% | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 85.6% | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 85.3% | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 86.0% | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 84.1% | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 82.8% | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 84.9% | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 83.9% | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 83.5% | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 82.4% | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 82.5% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 85.3% | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 84.0% | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 84.6% | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 83.7% | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 84.5% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 86.1% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 85.9% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 85.7% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 84.8% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 83.1% | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 82.4% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 82.0% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 82.1% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 82.1% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 80.2% | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 79.2% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 78.4% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 76.4% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 74.7% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 73.1% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 71.3% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 69.4% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 67.7% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 67.2% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 66.4% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 65.5% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 64.6% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 64.6% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 63.9% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 63.7% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 63.6% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 62.9% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 62.5% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 62.0% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 61.6% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 61.0% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 60.7% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 60.5% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.2% | 85.2% | 89.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 85.7% | 84.1% | 86.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.8% | 82.4% | 85.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 83.9% | 82.0% | 86.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.8% | 67.2% | 80.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.0% | 62.0% | 66.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.9% | 60.5% | 61.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More private sector data for Middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.18 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.73 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,449 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2138 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise imports from high-income economies in Middle income?
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies in Middle income was 60.5% in 2023, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest merchandise imports from high-income economies recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 89.2% in 1961.
- What is the lowest merchandise imports from high-income economies recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.5% in 2023.
- How does Middle income rank for merchandise imports from high-income economies?
- Middle income ranks 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is merchandise imports from high-income economies rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.